Style and Story for Illustration Mentorship

A 9-week mentorship focused on creating illustrations in a variety of styles for different mediums

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Explore the Relationship of Style...

This mentorship will explore the relationship of style to industries including but not limited to animation, children’s books, comics, apparel design and selling one’s own work independently. While the principles of drawing, painting and design are always needed, they are not needed by every industry in exactly the same way. This class will help artists better understand those needs by working through style-specific projects which in turn will help them understand their own. Concept and idea will be also be emphasized as concept is the foundation to any style. By the end of the mentorship students will have developed two original illustrations based on different styles as well as a workflow by which they can continue to explore many more.

Course Format:

Live

Duration:

9 weeks

Materials:

Adobe Photoshop is recommended along with any preferred digital drawing tools (tablet, stylus, etc). Though most of the homework can be done without digital tools, students should still have the ability to make, format and upload any traditional media drawings as digital files for review.

Lecture Type:

Recorded Live Lectures

Assignment:

Deadlines each week

Skills Level:

Intermediate

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Once a week

Prerequisites:

Students should have a basic understanding of drawing fundamentals including but not limited to figures, environments, and general perspective. Students should also have a comfortable base of knowledge regarding painting and Photoshop techniques.

Course Format:

Live

Duration:

9 weeks

Materials:

Lecture Type:

Recorded Live Lectures

Assignment:

Deadlines each week

Skills Level:

Intermediate

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Once a week

Prerequisites:

Course Format:

Live

Duration:

9 weeks

Materials:

Lecture Type:

Recorded Live Lectures

Assignment:

Deadlines each week

Skills Level:

Intermediate

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Once a week

Prerequisites:

COURSE OVERVIEW

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

EXPAND ALL COLLAPSE ALL

The more you know, the better.

Week 1 | Introduction / Discuss Style #1 - Graphic/Line Based

This class will discuss Career and Education as they relate to artistic styles and relevance to current job industries. The importance of Concept will be emphasized as it relates to determination of style and audience impact/usage. Image Prompt #1 will be given as it relates to more graphic visual art language – Apparel, Posters, Print, Comics, Kid’s books, etc.

Week 2 | Process Pt. 1 - Layout Strategies

This class will focus on determining different strategies based on each student’s focus. The needs of a book cover will be different than that of a print or poster than that of a t-shirt design. Thumbnails will be discussed as they relate to the respective intended use.

Week 3 | Process Pt. 2 - Color Techniques

This class will go over the use of color and its considerations when applying to different mediums. Refinement of the concept and layout will also continue.

Week 4 | Finish & Presentation

This class will discuss methods for finishing each student’s illustration along with the different metrics used to determine an illustration’s level of finish.

Week 5 | Discuss Style 2 - Painterly

This class will review the finals for the first image prompt. Image Prompt #2 will be given as it relates to more illustrated and painterly art. Illustrators from the classic era will be discussed along with more modern ones.

Week 6 | Process Pt. 1 - Layout Strategies

Week 7 | Process Pt. 2 - Color Techniques

This class will go over the use of color and its considerations when applying to different mediums. Refinement of the concept and layout will also continue.

Week 8 | Finish & Presentation

This class will discuss methods for finishing each student’s illustration along with the different metrics used to determine an illustration’s level of finish.

Week 9 | Final Review

This class will be used to critique the final illustration along with final discussion of career, industry and portfolio questions and best practices.

Style and Story for Illustration Mentorship

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Instructor

Bringing out the best in talent

Mauricio Abril

/Walt Disney Imagineering

LECTURES BY Mauricio Abril

Mauricio is a former scientist turned concept artist living and working in the Los Angeles area. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Molecular Biology before studying Illustration and Entertainment Design at the Art Center College of Design.

Since then Mauricio has worked on a variety of projects in animation, film, video games, children's books, theme parks and more with notables clients such as the Walt Disney Company, Ubisoft, Games Workshop, Simon and Schuster, and more. He's also taught classes in illustration and concept art for the LA Academy of Figurative Art and Brainstorm.

When not working at work he can be found working at home on his own author/illustrator projects which include two well-received animatic short films, a successfully Kickstarter-funded children's book and a whole assortment of fun whimsical illustrations for the imagination. When not doing any of those he's probably thinking of pizza.

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